Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to R Davidhizar.
Nurses and caregivers may feel unsure or uncomfortable discussing spiritual concerns with their patients. However, with the renewed emphasis on holistic care, the need to discuss spiritual issues arises frequently. Caregivers may gain confidence from guidelines on how to address the situation.
Keeping the care in patient care is an important behavior for technologists in the laboratory. This paper has considered the construct of caring and has outlined strategies for communicating caring to the patient who is interacting with the laboratory technologist. Problems with overinvolvement have also been identified. A laboratory technologist needs to balance caring with appropriate feelings of detachment.
The authors describe the dynamics of the "super nurse" syndrome and provide nurse managers experiencing this syndrome with strategies to assist them. The article discusses the roles of nurse educators, hospital development staff, mentors, and social support networks. The authors hope to prevent the "super nurse" syndrome from affecting new graduates, through proper education of nurse educators, mentors, and nurse managers who assist the new graduates in problem solving and adjusting to being a "real nurse."
A nurse manager constantly encounters situations that cause stress. Dealing with stress is a function of management. The manager who cannot cope effectively will develop anxiety, which can lead to gastric and peptic ulcers. This article presents strategies for nurse managers to avoid such problems.
The authors describe the dynamics of change, barriers and resistance to change, and provide techniques for assisting staff cope with change. The nurse manager should provide support during change, intervene when change is a surprise, help staff find challenge in change, encourage staff to have courage and stamina while coping with change, and foster teamwork. Using these techniques enables the manager and staff to view change as a challenge and an opportunity rather than a threat.
The authors provide strategies for nurse managers to reward with dignity, thus giving praise that matters. These strategies include treating employees with respect, focusing on the positive, designing recognition systems, expressing confidence in employees, providing opportunity for participative management, and promoting career development and advancement. Job satisfaction and personal worth of employees can be increased with use of these techniques.
Electronic mail is a powerful and useful communication medium in the health care workplace. Unfortunately, managing E-mail overload can present a problem for the nurse manager. Intentional strategies must be developed to handle this situation in order to maintain efficient use of managerial time. The objective of this article is to provide such strategies for the nurse manager.
Authors, editors, readers, and the profession benefit by having manuscripts published in a timely manner. Yet there are many problems that can occur that cause delays as a manuscript moves from acceptance to printing. These experienced authors identify publication steps where delays are common and suggest ways for authors and editors to prevent extensive delays during the publication path of an article.
It is important for home health care providers to keep in mind that clients from different cultures should be assessed and may vary according to 1) communication, 2) space, 3) time, 4) social organization, 5) environmental control, and 6) biological variations. Some variations, which have been evident by some Hispanic Americans have been discussed in this article. Careful assessment of the client and being aware of issues that differ between and within persons of a cultural group can enable the provider to provide culturally appropriate care. This will increase the likelihood of successful outcomes to health care interventions and optimal health for the client.
A nurse caring for a Filipino patient must keep in mind what is known about the patient's cultural background so that culturally appropriate care can be provided. While many persons with Filipino background appear well assimilated into the cultural mainstream of the United States when illness occurs it is very likely that behavior will have some basis in the individual's cultural heritage.
Throughout the world, facial expression is generally noted in conversation and is used as an integral part of the communication between individuals. Since nursing occurs in an interpersonal arena, nurses need to be especially aware of facial expression and eye behavior and the meaning that may be associated with different expressions. It is important to understand facial expression from a multicultural vantage since the meaning of expressions varies in different cultures.
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One of the most challenging aspects of death education and grief counseling is providing care and education that is relevant to the cultural, racial, and ethnic needs of the client. Often appropriate responses are difficult due to the lack of a relevant model; otherwise practitioners tend to operate from facts collected in isolation. This article reports on an assessment model originally developed in nursing by Giger and Davidhizar and discusses its potential use in providing culturally relevant death education and grief counseling.
The home healthcare nurse who cares for persons with Greek ancestry should be aware of their unique cultural heritage. The nurse should also be aware that Greek people throughout the world are proud and independent, valuing their religious faith and practices, good health, education, and success. Care should be designed to include appreciation of traditions and customs that these clients may have. The nurse should make a special effort to develop trust with the Greek client and family members in order to effectively implement culturally competent healthcare.
Research reveals a widespread and frequently mismanaged problem--sexual harassment. Federal and state rulings, workplace guidelines and the Equal Opportunity Commission's definition of sexual harassment can help determine where to draw the line.
An inconsistent nursing assignment structure increases unsafe nursing care situations and patient and staff litigation. Using a holistic perspective when scheduling places value on subjectivity, accountability and continuity of care. The conflicts involved with the nursing assignment structure and its implications for nursing managers are identified.